Multiple frequency band multiple standard transceiver

ABSTRACT

A transceiver includes a receiver section and a transmitter section. The receiver section converts an inbound Multiple Frequency Bands Multiple Standards (MFBMS) signal into a down converted signal, wherein the inbound MFBMS signal includes a desired signal component and an undesired signal component. In addition, the receiver section determines spectral positioning of the undesired signal component with respect to the desired signal component and adjusts at least one of the MFBMS signal and the down converted signal based on the spectral positioning to substantially reduce adverse affects of the undesired signal component on the desired signal component to produce an adjusted signal. The transmitter section converts an outbound symbol stream into an outbound MFBMS signal.

CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED PATENTS

The present U.S. Utility Patent Application claims priority pursuant to35 U.S.C. §121, as a divisional, to the following U.S. Utility PatentApplication which is hereby incorporated herein by reference in itsentirety and made part of the present U.S. Utility Patent Applicationfor all purposes:

1. U.S. Utility Application Ser. No. 12/328,560 entitled, “MultipleFrequency Band Multiple Standard Transceiver,” filed Dec. 4, 2008,pending.

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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

1. Technical Field of the Invention

This invention relates generally to wireless communication systems andmore particularly to transceivers that operate in such systems.

2. Description of Related Art

Communication systems are known to support wireless and wire linedcommunications between wireless and/or wire lined communication devices.Such communication systems range from national and/or internationalcellular telephone systems to the Internet to point-to-point in-homewireless networks. Each type of communication system is constructed, andhence operates, in accordance with one or more communication standards.For instance, wireless communication systems may operate in accordancewith one or more standards including, but not limited to, IEEE 802.11,Bluetooth, advanced mobile phone services (AMPS), digital AMPS, globalsystem for mobile communications (GSM), code division multiple access(CDMA), local multi-point distribution systems (LMDS),multi-channel-multi-point distribution systems (MMDS), radio frequencyidentification (RFID), Enhanced Data rates for GSM Evolution (EDGE),General Packet Radio Service (GPRS), and/or variations thereof.

Depending on the type of wireless communication system, a wirelesscommunication device, such as a cellular telephone, two-way radio,personal digital assistant (PDA), personal computer (PC), laptopcomputer, home entertainment equipment, RFID reader, RFID tag, et ceteracommunicates directly or indirectly with other wireless communicationdevices. For direct communications (also known as point-to-pointcommunications), the participating wireless communication devices tunetheir receivers and transmitters to the same channel or channels (e.g.,one of the plurality of radio frequency (RF) carriers of the wirelesscommunication system or a particular RF frequency for some systems) andcommunicate over that channel(s). For indirect wireless communications,each wireless communication device communicates directly with anassociated base station (e.g., for cellular services) and/or anassociated access point (e.g., for an in-home or in-building wirelessnetwork) via an assigned channel. To complete a communication connectionbetween the wireless communication devices, the associated base stationsand/or associated access points communicate with each other directly,via a system controller, via the public switch telephone network, viathe Internet, and/or via some other wide area network.

For each wireless communication device to participate in wirelesscommunications, it includes a built-in radio transceiver (i.e., receiverand transmitter) or is coupled to an associated radio transceiver (e.g.,a station for in-home and/or in-building wireless communicationnetworks, RF modem, etc.). As is known, the receiver is coupled to anantenna and includes a low noise amplifier, one or more intermediatefrequency stages, a filtering stage, and a data recovery stage. The lownoise amplifier receives inbound RF signals via the antenna andamplifies then. The one or more intermediate frequency stages mix theamplified RF signals with one or more local oscillations to convert theamplified RF signal into baseband signals or intermediate frequency (IF)signals. The filtering stage filters the baseband signals or the IFsignals to attenuate unwanted out of band signals to produce filteredsignals. The data recovery stage recovers raw data from the filteredsignals in accordance with the particular wireless communicationstandard.

As is also known, the transmitter includes a data modulation stage, oneor more intermediate frequency stages, and a power amplifier. The datamodulation stage converts raw data into baseband signals in accordancewith a particular wireless communication standard. The one or moreintermediate frequency stages mix the baseband signals with one or morelocal oscillations to produce RF signals. The power amplifier amplifiesthe RF signals prior to transmission via an antenna.

Many wireless transceivers are able to support multiple communicationstandards, which may be in the same frequency band or in differentfrequency bands. For example, a wireless transceiver may supportBluetooth communications for a personal area network and IEEE 802.11communications for a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN). In thisexample, the IEEE 802.11 communications and the Bluetooth communicationsmay be within the same frequency band (e.g., 2.4 GHz for IEEE 802.11b,g, etc.). Alternatively, the IEEE 802.11 communications may be in adifferent frequency band (e.g., 5 GHz) than the Bluetooth communications(e.g., 2.4 GHz). For Bluetooth communications and IEEE 802.11b, (g),etc. communications there are interactive protocols that appear to theuser as simultaneous implementation, but is actually a shared serialimplementation. As such, while a wireless transceiver supports multipletypes of standardized communications, it can only support one type ofstandardized communication at a time.

In addition, a transceiver that supports multiple standards includesmultiple radio frequency (RF) front-ends (e.g., on the receiver side,separate LNA, channel filter, and IF stages for each standard and, onthe transmitter side, separate IF stages, power amplifiers, and channelsfilters for each standard). As such, multiple standard transceiversinclude multiple separate RF front-ends; one for each standard in adifferent frequency band, channel utilization scheme (e.g., timedivision multiple access, frequency division multiple access, codedivision multiple access, orthogonal frequency division multiplexing,etc.), and/or data modulation scheme (e.g., phase shift keying,frequency shift keying, amplitude shift keying, combinations and/orvariations thereof).

Further, transceivers that support full duplex communications require atechnique to minimize the adverse affects of transmissions uponreceptions of RF signals. Many standards account for this by providing atransmission frequency and a reception frequency (e.g., 1920-1980 MHzfor uplink WCDMA communications and 2110-2170 MHz for downlink WCDMAcommunications). While standardized transmission and receptionfrequencies eliminate direct overlap, the transmitted signal stilladversely affects the received signal when the signal strengthdifference is substantial (e.g., 60 dBm or more). In this instance,further reduction of the transmit signal is needed within the receiversection, which may be achieved by using a duplexer and/or blocking. In amultiple standard transceiver, such conventional approaches may notprovide sufficient reduction of the transmit signal.

Therefore, a need exists for a transceiver that is capable of at leastpartially overcoming one or more of the above mentioned multiplestandard limitations.

BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The present invention is directed to apparatus and methods of operationthat are further described in the following Brief Description of theDrawings, the Detailed Description of the Invention, and the claims.Other features and advantages of the present invention will becomeapparent from the following detailed description of the invention madewith reference to the accompanying drawings.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE SEVERAL VIEWS OF THE DRAWING(S)

FIG. 1 is a schematic block diagram of an embodiment of a transceiver inaccordance with the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a diagram of an example of a multiple frequency band multiplestandard (MFBMS) signal in accordance with the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a diagram of another example of a multiple frequency bandmultiple standard (MFBMS) signal in accordance with the presentinvention;

FIG. 4 is a diagram of another example of a multiple frequency bandmultiple standard (MFBMS) signal in accordance with the presentinvention;

FIG. 5 is a schematic block diagram of an embodiment of a receiversection in accordance with the present invention;

FIG. 6 is a schematic block diagram of another embodiment of a receiversection in accordance with the present invention;

FIG. 7 is a schematic block diagram of another embodiment of a receiversection in accordance with the present invention;

FIG. 8 is a schematic block diagram of another embodiment of a receiversection in accordance with the present invention;

FIG. 9 is a schematic block diagram of another embodiment of a receiversection in accordance with the present invention;

FIG. 10 is a schematic block diagram of another embodiment of a receiversection in accordance with the present invention;

FIG. 11 is a schematic block diagram of another embodiment of a receiversection in accordance with the present invention;

FIG. 12 is a schematic block diagram of another embodiment of a receiversection in accordance with the present invention;

FIG. 13 is a schematic block diagram of another embodiment of a receiversection in accordance with the present invention;

FIG. 14 is a schematic block diagram of another embodiment of a receiversection in accordance with the present invention;

FIG. 15 is a schematic block diagram of an embodiment of a downconversion module and a baseband signal adjust module in accordance withthe present invention; and

FIG. 16 is a schematic block diagram of an embodiment of a downconversion module and a baseband signal adjust module in accordance withthe present invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

FIG. 1 is a schematic block diagram of an embodiment of a transceiver 10that includes a receiver section 12 and a transmitter section 14. Thetransceiver 10 may further include a baseband processing module 26,which may be a single processing device or a plurality of processingdevices. Such a processing device may be a microprocessor,micro-controller, digital signal processor, microcomputer, centralprocessing unit, field programmable gate array, programmable logicdevice, state machine, logic circuitry, analog circuitry, digitalcircuitry, and/or any device that manipulates signals (analog and/ordigital) based on hard coding of the circuitry and/or operationalinstructions. The processing module 26 may have an associated memoryand/or memory element, which may be a single memory device, a pluralityof memory devices, and/or embedded circuitry of the processing module.Such a memory device may be a read-only memory, random access memory,volatile memory, non-volatile memory, static memory, dynamic memory,flash memory, cache memory, and/or any device that stores digitalinformation. Note that when the processing module 26 implements one ormore of its functions via a state machine, analog circuitry, digitalcircuitry, and/or logic circuitry, the memory and/or memory elementstoring the corresponding operational instructions may be embeddedwithin, or external to, the circuitry comprising the state machine,analog circuitry, digital circuitry, and/or logic circuitry. Furthernote that, the memory element stores, and the processing module 26executes, hard coded and/or operational instructions corresponding to atleast some of the steps and/or functions illustrated in FIGS. 1-16.

In an embodiment, the transceiver 10 includes the receiver section 12and the transmitter section 14 on a single integrated circuit (IC). Inanother embodiment, the transceiver 10 includes the receiver section 12on one IC and the transmitter section on another IC. In yet anotherembodiment, the transceiver includes the receiver section 12, thetransmitter section 14, and the baseband processing module 26 on asingle IC. In further embodiment, the transceiver 10 includes thereceiver section 12 and the transmitter section 14 on one IC and thebaseband processing module 26 on another IC. In yet a furtherembodiment, the transceiver 10 includes each of the receiver section 12,the transmitter section 14, and the baseband processing module 26 onseparate ICs.

In operation, the baseband processing module 26 converts one or moreoutbound signals 30 into an outbound symbol stream 20 in accordance withone or more standards. For example, if the transceiver 10 is currentlysupporting a single standardized communication (e.g., IEEE 802.11,Bluetooth, GSM, CDMA, RFID, EDGE, GPRS, WCDMA, HSDPA, HSUPA,combinations and/or variations thereof), the baseband processing module26 converts a single outbound signal 30 into the outbound symbol stream20 in accordance with the standard. As another example, if thetransceiver 10 is currently supporting two or more standards, thebaseband processing module 26 converts two or more outbound signals 30(one for each standard) into the outbound symbol stream 30. In thisexample, the outbound symbol stream 30 may include individual symbolstreams for each outbound signal 30, a composite outbound symbol streamthat includes a combination of the individual symbol streams, and/or acombination thereof.

The baseband processing module 26 may convert the outbound signal(s) 30into the outbound symbol stream 20 by performing one or more of encoding(e.g., ½ rate, ⅔ rate, or other rate convolutional encoding, scrambling,puncturing, and/or any other type of encoding), interleaving, datamodulation (e.g., x-QAM mapping, FSK modulation, QPSK modulation, BPSKmodulation, ASK modulation, etc.), and frequency-to-time domainconversion (e.g., inverse fast Fourier transform). In addition, thebaseband processing module 26 may employ a channel usage scheme toproduce the outbound symbol stream 20. The channel usage scheme may betime division multiple access (TDMA), frequency divisional multipleaccess (FDMA), code division multiple access (CDMA), orthogonalfrequency division multiplexing (OFDM), a combination thereof, and/orvariations thereof.

The transmitter section 14 converts the outbound symbol stream 20 into amultiple frequency band multiple standard (MFBMS) signal 22, whichincludes at least one signal component in one or more frequency bands(e.g., 1800 MHz, 1900 MHz, 2100 MHz, 2.4 GHz, 5 GHz, 29 GHz, 60 GHz,etc.). As such, the resulting MFBMS signal 22 has a bandwidth that spansone or more frequency bands. In an embodiment, the transmitter section14 may be done by mixing the outbound symbol stream 20 with a localoscillation to produce an up-converted signal. One or more poweramplifiers and/or power amplifier drivers amplifies the up-convertedsignal to produce the outbound MFBMS signal 22.

In another embodiment, the transmitter section 14 includes an oscillatorthat produces an oscillation. The outbound symbol stream 20 providesphase information (e.g., +/− Δθ [phase shift] and/or θ(t) [phasemodulation]) that adjusts the phase of the oscillation to produce aphase adjusted signal, which is transmitted as the outbound MFBMS signal22. In another embodiment, the outbound symbol stream 20 includesamplitude information (e.g., A(t) [amplitude modulation]), which is usedto adjust the amplitude of the phase adjusted signal to produce theoutbound MFBMS signal 22.

In yet another embodiment, the transmitter section 14 includes anoscillator that produces an oscillation. The outbound symbol stream 20provides frequency information (e.g., +/− Δf [frequency shift] and/orf(t) [frequency modulation]) that adjusts the frequency of theoscillation to produce a frequency adjusted signal, which is transmittedas the outbound MFBMS signal 22. In another embodiment, the outboundsymbol stream 20 includes amplitude information, which is used to adjustthe amplitude of the frequency adjusted signal to produce the outboundMFBMS signal 22. In a further embodiment, the transmitter section 14includes an oscillator that produces an oscillation. The outbound symbolstream 20 provides amplitude information (e.g., +/− ΔA [amplitude shift]and/or A(t) [amplitude modulation) that adjusts the amplitude of theoscillation to produce the outbound MFBMS signal 22.

The receiver section 12 receives an inbound MFBMS signal 16, whichincludes a plurality of frequency bands 32 (e.g., two or more). Eachfrequency band 32 may be divided into channels 34, which in turn may befurther divided into one or more division multiple access slots (e.g.,time, frequency, and/or code division multiple access slots). Astandardized communication (e.g., IEEE 802.11, Bluetooth, GSM, CDMA,RFID, EDGE, GPRS, WCDMA, HSDPA, HSUPA, combinations and/or variationsthereof) may use one more channels and/or division multiple access slotsto support a communication. In some instances, multiple standards mayutilize communication resources (e.g., channels and/or slots) within thesame frequency band and/or across multiple frequency bands. Note thatthe MFBMS signal 16 has the potential to support multiple standardizedcommunications concurrently, however, in many instances, the MFBMSsignal 16 may have only one active standardized communication. Furthernote that the transmitter and receiver sections 12 and 14 may share oneor more antennas or each may have its own one or more antennas. Stillfurther note that the transmitter section 14 may generate the outboundMFBMS signal 22 based on an orthogonal relationship with the inboundMFBMS signal 16 to further reduce interference therebetween.

The receiver section 12 converts the MFBMS signal 16 into a downconverted signal 18. The inbound MFBMS signal 16 may include one or morea desired signal components and one or more undesired signal components.The desired signal components correspond to an active standard specificcommunication 36, which is represented in this example via a bold line.As shown in this example, standard specific communications 36 may be indifferent frequency bands, in the same frequency bands using differentchannels or slots thereof, and/or in the same frequency band using thesame channels, or slots thereof. The undesired signal component may becaused by transmitting of the outbound MFBMS signal 22 and/or by anothertransceiver transmitting at approximately the same frequency as thefrequency of the frequency bands, or channels thereof, supporting astandard specific communication 36.

The receiver section 12 functions to determine spectral positioning ofthe undesired signal component with respect to the desired signalcomponent. For example, the receiver section 12 may determine whetherthe undesired signal component is outside the frequency bands ofinterest (i.e., those containing a standard specific communication 36),is within a frequency band of interest, is caused by an interferer(i.e., another transceiver transmitting at approximately the samefrequency), or is a blocking signal (i.e., the transmit signal of a fullduplex standard specific communication 36).

The receiver section 12 then adjusts at least one of the MFBMS signal 16and the down converted signal 218 based on the spectral positioning tosubstantially reduce adverse affects of the undesired signal componenton the desired signal component to produce an adjusted signal. Theadjusting may be done by reducing the bandwidth of the receiver section12 such that the undesired signal component is outside of the adjustedbandwidth of the receiver section 12 while the desired signal componentis within the adjusted bandwidth. Alternatively and/or in addition to,the adjusting may be done by filtering the MFBMS signal 16 to attenuatethe undesired signal component. As yet another alternative and/oraddition, the adjusting may be done by blocking the undesired signalcomponent.

FIG. 2 is a diagram of an example of an inbound multiple frequency bandmultiple standard (MFBMS) signal 16 that has an undesired signalcomponent 40 adjacent thereto. In this example, the undesired signalcomponent 40 may be an interferer signal (i.e., a transmit signal fromanother transceiver not involved in a standard specific communication 36with the present transceiver). As is further shown, the center frequencyband includes a desired signal component 42 (e.g., one or more slotsand/or one or more channels supporting a standard specific communication36).

When the receiver section 12 receives such a MFBMS signal 16, itdetermines the spectral position of the undesired signal component 40with respect to the desired signal component 42. In this example, theundesired signal component 40 is substantially separated in frequencyfrom the desired signal component 42 such that, if the signal strengthof the undesired signal component 40 is not significantly greater thanthe signal strength of the inbound MFBMS signal 16 (e.g., less than 40dBm), then, in many instances, it may be ignored since it will not havea substantial adverse affect (e.g., interference) on the desired signalcomponent 42. If, however, the signal strength is significantly greater,then the undesired signal component 40 may be filtered, blocked, and/orthe bandwidth of the receiver section is adjusted such that it does notsubstantially adversely affect the desired signal component 42.

FIG. 3 is a diagram of another example of a multiple frequency bandmultiple standard (MFBMS) signal 16 that has an undesired signalcomponent 40 within one of the frequency bands. In this example, theundesired signal component 40 may be an interferer signal (i.e., atransmit signal from another transceiver not involved in a standardspecific communication 36 with the present transceiver) or a blockingsignal (e.g., the present transceiver transmitting a signal). As isfurther shown, two frequency bands include a desired signal component 42(e.g., one or more slots and/or one or more channels supporting astandard specific communication 36).

When the receiver section 12 receives such a MFBMS signal 16, itdetermines the spectral position of the undesired signal component 40with respect to the desired signal component 42. In this example, theundesired signal component 40 is substantially separated in frequencyfrom the desired signal component 42 such that, if the signal strengthof the undesired signal component 40 is not significantly greater thanthe signal strength of the inbound MFBMS signal 16 (e.g., less than 40dBm), then, in many instances, it may be ignored since it will not havea substantial adverse affect (e.g., interference) on the desired signalcomponent 42. If, however, the signal strength is significantly greater,then the undesired signal component 40 may be filtered, blocked, and/orthe bandwidth of the receiver section is adjusted such that it does notsubstantially adversely affect the desired signal component 42.

FIG. 4 is a diagram of another example of a multiple frequency bandmultiple standard (MFBMS) signal 16 that has an undesired signalcomponent 40 within one of the frequency bands. In this example, theundesired signal component 40 may be an interferer signal (i.e., atransmit signal from another transceiver not involved in a standardspecific communication 36 with the present transceiver) or a blockingsignal (e.g., the present transceiver transmitting a signal). As isfurther shown, the same frequency band includes a desired signalcomponent 42 (e.g., one or more slots and/or one or more channelssupporting a standard specific communication 36).

When the receiver section 12 receives such a MFBMS signal 16, itdetermines the spectral position of the undesired signal component 40with respect to the desired signal component 42. In this example, theundesired signal component 40 is substantially close in frequency fromthe desired signal component 42 such that it will have a substantialadverse affect (e.g., interference, which reduces the sensitivity of thereceiver section 12) on the desired signal component 42. As such, theundesired signal component 40 may be filtered and/or blocked such thatit does not substantially adversely affect the desired signal component42.

In the examples of FIGS. 2-4, only one undesired signal component 40 isshown, however, there may be a plurality of undesired signal components40. In this instance, the receiver section 12 individually determinesthe spectral position of the undesired signal components and theirindividual positioning with respect to one or more desired signalcomponents 42. For each undesired signal component, the receiver section12 ignores it, filters it, blocks it, and/or adjusts it bandwidth.

FIG. 5 is a schematic block diagram of an embodiment of a receiversection 12 that includes an RF signal adjust module 50 and a downconversion module 52. The signal adjust module 50 is coupled to receivea Multiple Frequency Bands Multiple Standards (MFBMS) signal 16, whichincludes an undesired signal component and at least one desired signalcomponent. The signal adjust module 50 functions to determine spectralpositioning of the undesired signal component with respect to thedesired signal component. The signal adjust module 50 further functionsto adjust the MFBMS signal 16 based on the spectral positioning toproduce an adjusted MFBMS signal 54, which includes a reduction of theundesired signal component such that its adverse affects on the desiredsignal component are reduced. Various embodiments of the signal adjustmodule 50 will be further discussed with reference to FIGS. 7-13.

The down conversion module 52 convert the adjusted MFBMS signal 54 intoa down converted symbol stream or signal 16. In an embodiment, the downconversion module 52 mixes in-phase (I) and quadrature (Q) components ofthe adjusted MFBMS signal 54 with in-phase and quadrature components ofreceiver local oscillation to produce a mixed I signal and a mixed Qsignal. The mixed I and Q signals are combined to produce the inboundsymbol stream. As an example, the inbound symbol stream includes phaseinformation (e.g., +/− Δθ [phase shift] and/or θ(t) [phase modulation])and/or frequency information (e.g., +/− Δf [frequency shift] and/or f(t)[frequency modulation]). In another embodiment and/or in furtherance ofthe preceding embodiment, inbound MFBMS signal 16 includes amplitudeinformation (e.g., +/− ΔA [amplitude shift] and/or A(t) [amplitudemodulation]). To recover the amplitude information, the down conversionmodule 52 further includes an amplitude detector such as an envelopedetector, a low pass filter, etc.

When the MFBMS signal 16 includes the desired signal component and asecond desired signal component, the signal adjust module 50 functionsto determine spectral positioning of the undesired signal component withrespect to the desired signal component and the second desired signalcomponent. In addition, the signal adjust module 50 adjusts the MFBMSsignal to substantially reduce adverse affects of the undesired signalcomponent on the desired signal component and the second desired signalcomponent to produce the adjusted MFBMS signal 54. In this instance, thedown conversion module 52 converts the adjusted MFBMS signal 54 into thedown converted symbol stream, or signal, 18, which includes a firstsymbol stream corresponding to the desired signal component and a secondsymbol stream corresponding to the second desired signal component.

FIG. 6 is a schematic block diagram of another embodiment of a receiversection 12 that includes a low noise amplifier module 60, a downconversion module 62, and a baseband signal adjust module 64. The lownoise amplifier (LNA) module 60 includes one or more low noiseamplifiers coupled in series, in parallel, or a combination thereof toamplify the inbound MFBMS signal 16 to produce an amplified MFBMS signal66.

The down conversion module 62, which may be similar to down conversionmodule 52, converts the amplified MFBMS signal 66 into an unadjusteddown converted signal 68, which includes a desired signal component andan undesired signal component.

The signal adjust module 64 determines spectral positioning of theundesired signal component with respect to the desired signal component.The signal adjust module 64 then adjusts the unadjusted down convertedsignal 68 based on the spectral positioning to substantially reduceadverse affects of the undesired signal component on the desired signalcomponent to produce an adjusted down converted signal 18. Variousembodiments of the signal adjust module 64 are further discussed withreference to FIGS. 14-16.

FIG. 7 is a schematic block diagram of another embodiment of a receiversection 12 that includes the RF signal adjust module 50 and the downconversion module 52. The RF signal adjust module 50 includes aprogrammable duplexer module 70 and a low noise amplifier module 60,which includes one or more low noise amplifiers coupled in series, inparallel, and/or a combination thereof. The programmable duplexer module70 attenuates the undesired signal component 40 with respect to theMFBMS signal 16 based on a programming signal 72 to produce anattenuated MFBMS signal. The low noise amplifier (LNA) module 60amplifies the attenuated MFBMS signal to produce the adjusted MFBMSsignal 54, which is shown to have the undesired signal component 40substantially reduced in signal strength. As such, by reducing thesignal strength of the undesired signal component 40, it adverse affectson the desired signal component 42 are reduced.

FIG. 8 is a schematic block diagram of another embodiment of a receiversection 12 that includes the RF signal adjust module 50 and the downconversion module 52. The RF signal adjust module 50 includes aprogrammable duplexer module 70 and a low noise amplifier module 60. Theprogrammable duplexer module 70 includes a programmable duplexer 76 anda duplexer control module 74, which may a separate processing module orincluded within the baseband processing module 26.

In operation, the duplexer control module 74 receives an initial downconverted signal 78 that includes the undesired signal component 40 andthe desired signal component 42. The duplexer control module 74determines the spectral position of the undesired signal component 40during a calibration phase of the receiver section 12. The duplexercontrol module 74 then generates the programming signal 72 based on thespectral position of the undesired signal component 40. The programmableduplexer 76 adjusts its frequency response based on the program signal72 to attenuate the undesired signal component 40.

FIG. 9 is a schematic block diagram of another embodiment of a receiversection 12 that includes the RF signal adjust module 50 and the downconversion module 52. The RF signal adjust module 50 includes aprogrammable duplexer module 70 and a low noise amplifier module 60. Theprogrammable duplexer module 70 includes a plurality of duplexers 80-84,a multiplexer 90, and a selection module 86, which may a separateprocessing module or included within the baseband processing module 26.As shown, each duplexer 80-84 has a different frequency response (e.g.,passes or amplifies a corresponding receive frequency (RX) andattenuates a corresponding transmit frequency TX)).

The selection module 86 determines spectral position of the undesiredsignal component 40 of an unadjusted down converted signal. Theselection module 86 then generates the programming signal 72 based onthe spectral position of the undesired signal component 40. Themultiplexer couples one or more of the duplexers 80-84 to one or more ofthe LNA modules 60 based on programming signal 72. The one or more LNAmodules 60 amplifies the inbound MFBMS signal 16 to produce the adjustedMFBMS signal 54.

FIG. 10 is a schematic block diagram of another embodiment of a receiversection 12 that includes the RF signal adjust module 50 and the downconversion module 52. The RF signal adjust module 50 includes aprogrammable filter module 90, low noise amplifier modules 60, and asubtraction module 92. The low noise amplifier modules 60 amplify theMFBMS signal 16 to produce amplified MFBMS signals.

The programmable filter module 90 band pass filter one of the amplifiedMFBMS signals based on a programming signal 96 to produce a band passfiltered (BPF) MFBMS signal 94. In this instance, the BPF MFBMS signal94 includes the undesired signal component 40 with the remainder of thesignal 16 being substantially attenuated, including the desired signalcomponent 42.

The subtraction module 92 subtracts the band pass filtered MFBMS signal94 from the amplified MFBMS signal to produce the adjusted MFBMS signal54. For example, the adjusted MFBMS signal 54 includes a notch at thelocation of the undesired signal component 40 as a result of thesubtraction.

FIG. 11 is a schematic block diagram of another embodiment of a receiversection 12 that includes the RF signal adjust module 50 and the downconversion module 52. The RF signal adjust module 50 includes aprogrammable filter module 90, low noise amplifier modules 60, and asubtraction module 92. The programmable filter module 90 includes afilter control module 100 and a programmable bandpass filter 102. Thefilter control module 100 may be a separate processing module orincluded in the baseband processing module 26.

The filter control module 100 determines spectral position of theundesired signal component 40 from the down converted signal 18 duringan initialization phase. The filter 100 then generates a program signal96 based on the spectral position of the undesired signal component. Theprogrammable band pass filter 102 adjusted is band pass filter range andmay further adjust it attenuation properties based on the program signal96 and then filters the amplified inbound MFBMS signal to produce theband pass filter the MFBMS signal 94.

FIG. 12 is a schematic block diagram of another embodiment of a receiversection 12 that includes the RF signal adjust module 50 and the downconversion module 52. The RF signal adjust module 50 includes aprogrammable filter module 90, low noise amplifier modules 60, and asubtraction module 92. The programmable filter module 90 includes aplurality of band pass filters 112-116, a multiplexer 118, and aselection module 110.

In this embodiment, the selection module 110, which may be a separateprocessing module or with the baseband processing module 26, determinesspectral position of the undesired signal component 40. The selectionmodule 110 then generates the programming signal 96 based on thespectral position of the undesired signal component. The multiplexeroutputs the BPF MFBMS signal produced by one or more of the BPF 112-116based on the programming signal 96 to produce the BPF MFBMS signal 94.

FIG. 13 is a schematic block diagram of another embodiment of a receiversection 12 that includes the RF signal adjust module 50 and the downconversion module 52. The RF signal adjust module 50 includes theprogrammable duplexer module 70, the LNA modules 60, the programmablefilter module 90, and the subtraction module 92.

The programmable duplexer module 70 attenuates the undesired signalcomponent with respect to the MFBMS signal based on a duplexerprogramming signal 72 to produce an attenuated MFBMS signal. The lownoise amplifier (LNA) modules 60 amplify the attenuated MFBMS signal toproduce amplified MFBMS signals.

The programmable filter module 90 band pass filters the amplified MFBMSsignal based on a filter programming signal 96 to produce a band passfiltered MFBMS signal. The subtraction module 92 subtract the band passfiltered MFBMS signal from the amplified MFBMS signal to produce theadjusted MFBMS signal 54.

FIG. 14 is a schematic block diagram of another embodiment of a receiversection 12 includes the LNA module 60, the down conversion module 62,and the baseband signal adjust module 64. The baseband signal adjustmodule 64 includes an isolation module 120 and a subtraction module 122.The LNA module 60 amplifies the inbound MFBMS signal 16 to produce theamplified MFBMS signal 66. The down conversion module 62 converts theamplified MFBMS signal 66 into the unadjusted down converted signal 68.

The isolation module 120 isolates the undesired signal component fromthe down converted signal to produce an isolated signal component. Thesubtraction module 122 subtracts the isolated signal component from thedown converted signal to produce the adjusted down converted signal 18.

FIG. 15 is a schematic block diagram of an embodiment of a downconversion module 62 and a baseband signal adjust module 64, whichincludes the isolation module 120 and the subtraction module 122. Theisolation module 120 includes a plurality of filters 130-132, aplurality of analog to digital converters (ADC) 134-136, and asuccessive interference cancellation module 138. The subtraction module122 includes a phase shift module 140, a digital to analog converter142, and a subtracter 144.

The plurality of filters (e.g., band pass and/or low pass filters)filters the down converted signal 68 to produce a plurality of filteredsignal components, wherein one of the plurality of filtered signalcomponents corresponds to the isolated signal component. The pluralityof analog to digital converters 134-136 converts the plurality offiltered signal components into a plurality of analog filtered signals,wherein one of them provides the analog adjusted down converted signal148. The successive interference cancellation module 138 processes theone of the plurality of filtered signal components to produce an analogversion of the isolated signal component.

The phase shift module 140 phase shifts the analog version of theisolated signal component to produce a phase shifted analog isolatedsignal component. Such phase shifted may be needed to adjust for timingdifferences in the feedback path to the subtraction module 144 and thereceived signal. The digital to analog converter 142 converts the phaseshifted analog isolated signal component into the isolated signalcomponent. The subtracter 144 subtracts the isolated signal componentfrom the down converted signal to produce the adjusted down convertedsignal, which is subsequently filtered by filter 130 and converted tothe analog adjusted down converted signal 148 by ADC 134.

FIG. 16 is a schematic block diagram of an embodiment of a downconversion module 62 and a baseband signal adjust module 64, whichincludes the isolation module 120 and the subtraction module 122. Theisolation module 120 includes a plurality of filters 130-132, aplurality of analog to digital converters (ADC) 134-136, multiplexers,and a successive interference cancellation (SIC) module 138. Thesubtraction module 122 includes a phase shift module 140, a digital toanalog converter 142, and a subtracter 144.

The plurality of filters 130-132 (e.g., band pass and/or low passfilters) filters the down converted signal 68 to produce a plurality offiltered signal components. The plurality of analog to digitalconverters 134-136 converts the plurality of filtered signal componentsinto a plurality of analog filtered signals, wherein one of them isprovided via a multiplexer to the SIC module 138 and another one isprovided via the other multiplexer as the analog adjusted down convertedsignal 148. The successive interference cancellation module 138processes the one of the plurality of filtered signal components toproduce an analog version of the isolated signal component.

The phase shift module 140 phase shifts the analog version of theisolated signal component to produce a phase shifted analog isolatedsignal component. Such phase shifted may be needed to adjust for timingdifferences in the feedback path to the subtraction module 144 and thereceived signal. The digital to analog converter 142 converts the phaseshifted analog isolated signal component into the isolated signalcomponent. The subtracter 144 subtracts the isolated signal componentfrom the down converted signal to produce the adjusted down convertedsignal, which is subsequently filtered by filters 130-132 as discussedabove.

As may be used herein, the terms “substantially” and “approximately”provides an industry-accepted tolerance for its corresponding termand/or relativity between items. Such an industry-accepted toleranceranges from less than one percent to fifty percent and corresponds to,but is not limited to, component values, integrated circuit processvariations, temperature variations, rise and fall times, and/or thermalnoise. Such relativity between items ranges from a difference of a fewpercent to magnitude differences. As may also be used herein, theterm(s) “coupled to” and/or “coupling” includes direct coupling betweenitems and/or indirect coupling between items via an intervening item(e.g., an item includes, but is not limited to, a component, an element,a circuit, and/or a module) where, for indirect coupling, theintervening item does not modify the information of a signal but mayadjust its current level, voltage level, and/or power level. As mayfurther be used herein, inferred coupling (i.e., where one element iscoupled to another element by inference) includes direct and indirectcoupling between two items in the same manner as “coupled to”. As mayeven further be used herein, the term “operable to” indicates that anitem includes one or more of power connections, input(s), output(s),etc., to perform, when activated, one or more its correspondingfunctions and may further include inferred coupling to one or more otheritems. As may still further be used herein, the term “associated with”,includes direct and/or indirect coupling of separate items and/or oneitem being embedded within another item. As may be used herein, the term“compares favorably”, indicates that a comparison between two or moreitems, signals, etc., provides a desired relationship. For example, whenthe desired relationship is that signal 1 has a greater magnitude thansignal 2, a favorable comparison may be achieved when the magnitude ofsignal 1 is greater than that of signal 2 or when the magnitude ofsignal 2 is less than that of signal 1.

The present invention has also been described above with the aid ofmethod steps illustrating the performance of specified functions andrelationships thereof. The boundaries and sequence of these functionalbuilding blocks and method steps have been arbitrarily defined hereinfor convenience of description. Alternate boundaries and sequences canbe defined so long as the specified functions and relationships areappropriately performed. Any such alternate boundaries or sequences arethus within the scope and spirit of the claimed invention.

The present invention has been described above with the aid offunctional building blocks illustrating the performance of certainsignificant functions. The boundaries of these functional buildingblocks have been arbitrarily defined for convenience of description.Alternate boundaries could be defined as long as the certain significantfunctions are appropriately performed. Similarly, flow diagram blocksmay also have been arbitrarily defined herein to illustrate certainsignificant functionality. To the extent used, the flow diagram blockboundaries and sequence could have been defined otherwise and stillperform the certain significant functionality. Such alternatedefinitions of both functional building blocks and flow diagram blocksand sequences are thus within the scope and spirit of the claimedinvention. One of average skill in the art will also recognize that thefunctional building blocks, and other illustrative blocks, modules andcomponents herein, can be implemented as illustrated or by discretecomponents, application specific integrated circuits, processorsexecuting appropriate software and the like or any combination thereof.

What is claimed is:
 1. A receiver, comprising: a signal adjust modulecoupled to receive a Multiple Frequency Bands Multiple Standards (MFBMS)signal including a desired signal component and an undesired signalcomponent, the signal adjust module for substantially reducing adverseaffects of the undesired signal component on the desired signalcomponent, the signal adjust module including: a low noise amplifiermodule for amplifying the MFBMS signal to produce an amplified MFBMSsignal; a programmable filter module for band pass filtering theamplified MFBMS signal based on a programming signal to produce a bandpass filtered MFBMS signal, the programmable filter module including: aplurality of band pass filters; and a selection module for determining aspectral position of the undesired signal component and generating theprogramming signal based on the spectral position of the undesiredsignal component, wherein the programming signal selects one or more ofthe plurality of band pass filters; a subtraction module for subtractingthe band pass filtered MFBMS signal from the amplified MFBMS signal toproduce an adjusted MFBMS signal; and a down conversion module forconverting the adjusted MFBMS signal into a down converted symbolstream.
 2. The receiver of claim 1, wherein the MFBMS signal includesthe desired signal component and a second desired signal component; andwherein: the signal adjust module further functions to substantiallyreduce adverse affects of the undesired signal component on the desiredsignal component and the second desired signal component; and the downconversion module converts the adjusted MFBMS signal into the downconverted symbol stream including a first symbol stream corresponding tothe desired signal component and a second symbol stream corresponding tothe second desired signal component.
 3. The receiver of claim 2, furthercomprising: a baseband processing module coupled to convert the firstsymbol stream into a first inbound signal in accordance with a firststandard of the multiple standards and to convert the second symbolstream into a second inbound signal in accordance with a second standardof the multiple standards.
 4. The receiver of claim 1, wherein theprogrammable filter module includes: a filter control module fordetermining a spectral position of the undesired signal component andgenerating the programming signal based on the spectral position of theundesired signal component.
 5. The receiver of claim 4, wherein theprogrammable filter module further includes: a programmable band passfilter for band pass filtering the amplified MFBMS signal based on theprogramming signal such that the undesired signal component passessubstantially unattenuated.
 6. The receiver of claim 5, wherein theprogrammable band pass filter adjusts a band pass filter range of theprogrammable band pass filter based on the programming signal such thatthe desired signal component is substantially outside the band passfilter range of the programmable band pass filter.
 7. The receiver ofclaim 6, wherein the programmable band pass filter further adjusts anattenuation property of the programmable band pass filter tosubstantially attenuate the desired signal component.
 8. The receiver ofclaim 1, wherein the programmable filter module further includes: amultiplexer for coupling respective outputs of selected ones of theplurality of band pass filters to the subtraction module as the bandpass filtered MFBMS signal based on the programming signal.
 9. Thereceiver of claim 1, further comprising: a programmable duplexer modulefor attenuating the undesired signal component with respect to the MFBMSsignal based on a duplexer programming signal to produce an attenuatedMFBMS signal, the low noise amplifier amplifying the attenuated MFBMSsignal to produce the amplified MFBMS signal.
 10. A transceivercomprises: a receiver section that receives a Multiple Frequency BandsMultiple Standards (MFBMS) signal including a desired signal componentand an undesired signal component, wherein the receiver section includesa the signal adjust module for substantially reducing adverse affects ofthe undesired signal component on the desired signal component, thesignal adjust module including: a low noise amplifier module foramplifying the MFBMS signal to produce an amplified MFBMS signal; aprogrammable filter module for band pass filtering the amplified MFBMSsignal based on a programming signal to produce a band pass filteredMFBMS signal, the programmable filter module including: a plurality ofband pass filters; and a selection module for determining a spectralposition of the undesired signal component and generating theprogramming signal based on the spectral position of the undesiredsignal component, wherein the programming signal selects one or more ofthe plurality of band pass filters; and a subtraction module forsubtracting the band pass filtered MFBMS signal from the amplified MFBMSsignal to produce an adjusted MFBMS signal; and a transmitter sectioncoupled to convert an outbound symbol stream into an outbound MFBMSsignal.
 11. The transceiver of claim 10, wherein the transmitter sectiongenerates the outbound MFBMS signal based on an orthogonal relationshipwith the inbound MFBMS signal.
 12. The transceiver of claim 10, whereinthe receiver section further comprises: a down conversion module forconverting the adjusted MFBMS signal into a down converted signal. 13.The transceiver of claim 12, wherein the MFBMS signal includes thedesired signal component and a second desired signal component; andwherein: the signal adjust module further functions to substantiallyreduce adverse affects of the undesired signal component on the desiredsignal component and the second desired signal component; and the downconversion module converts the adjusted MFBMS signal into the downconverted symbol stream including a first symbol stream corresponding tothe desired signal component and a second symbol stream corresponding tothe second desired signal component.
 14. The transceiver of claim 10,wherein the programmable filter module includes: a filter control modulefor determining a spectral position of the undesired signal componentand generating the programming signal based on the spectral position ofthe undesired signal component.
 15. The transceiver of claim 14, whereinthe programmable filter module further includes: a programmable bandpass filter for band pass filtering the amplified MFBMS signal based onthe programming signal such that the undesired signal component passessubstantially unattenuated.
 16. The transceiver of claim 15, wherein theprogrammable band pass filter adjusts a band pass filter range of theprogrammable band pass filter based on the programming signal such thatthe desired signal component is substantially outside the band passfilter range of the programmable band pass filter.
 17. The transceiverof claim 16, wherein the programmable band pass filter further adjustsan attenuation property of the programmable band pass filter tosubstantially attenuate the desired signal component.
 18. A signaladjust module for use within a transceiver, the signal adjust modulecomprises: a low noise amplifier module for receiving and amplifying aMultiple Frequency Bands Multiple Standards (MFBMS) signal to produce anamplified MFBMS signal, the MFBMS signal including a desired signalcomponent and an undesired signal component; a programmable filtermodule for band pass filtering the amplified MFBMS signal based on aprogramming signal to produce a band pass filtered MFBMS signal, theprogrammable filter module including: a plurality of band pass filters;and a selection module for determining a spectral position of theundesired signal component and generating the programming signal basedon the spectral position of the undesired signal component, wherein theprogramming signal selects one or more of the plurality of band passfilters; a subtraction module for subtracting the band pass filteredMFBMS signal from the amplified MFBMS signal to produce an adjustedMFBMS signal that substantially reduces adverse affects of the undesiredsignal component on the desired signal component; and a down conversionmodule for converting the adjusted MFBMS signal into a down convertedsymbol stream.
 19. The transceiver of claim 10, wherein the programmablefilter module further includes: a multiplexer for coupling respectiveoutputs of selected ones of the plurality of band pass filters to thesubtraction module as the band pass filtered MFBMS signal based on theprogramming signal.
 20. The signal adjust module of claim 18, whereinthe programmable filter module further includes: a multiplexer forcoupling respective outputs of selected ones of the plurality of bandpass filters to the subtraction module as the band pass filtered MFBMSsignal based on the programming signal.